Monday, August 24, 2026

Sysinternals Autoruns 13.100 is last working final version for Windows 7


By Mark Russinovich




Published:   -  2.61 MB

v13.99 no longer works on Windows 7.  You'll get the following error

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autoruns.exe - Entry Point Not Found
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The procedure entry point GetProcessInformation could not be located
in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll. 
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OK   
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Function GetProcessInformation was introduced in Windows 10 (1607), eventhougth the function definitions say's otherwise GetProcessInformation function (processthreadsapi.h) - Win32 apps | Microsoft Learn, introduced for Win8.



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Why drop support for Windows 7 when?

Windows OS has over 1.5 billion active users globally as of 2025, and @2.5% thus 37.5 million are still active Windows 7 users! 










Last working version on Windows 7

The last good know version to work on Windows 7 is Process Explorer v17.06 back in 28 May 2024. 

Get it here Autoruns 13.000 Wayback Machine (archive.org) 

Saturday, August 22, 2026

First American Home Warranty Spam Email with subject Protect your budget from unexpected, costly repairs


For the record, this is a First American Home Warranty
spam email attempt that is recently going around, with subject "
Protect your budget from unexpected, costly repairs"

What to do?  
Report them, go to bottom of page. 


From: Fahw Ad<alert@acerdianmi.com>

Subject: Protect your budget from unexpected, costly repairs







Phishing Link

1. https://acerdianmi.com/c/xxxxx

How to tell this is a Phishing email?

  1. Check email address in full, if it's not from originating company then it's phishing.
  2. Hover over all links in email, if it's not from the company's website then forget it.
  3. The best way is to look at message source, see below.

How to examine Email Message Source?

Now let's look at message source
  1. Outlook.com->Actions->View Message Source. 
  2. Gmail.com->More (down arrow to top right)->Show original.
Check for suspicious links, anything that does not originate from source domain, like apple.com.

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Report Phishing Email (not as Spam)

  1. Outlook.com->Junk (at Top)->Phishing Scam
  2. Gmail.com->More (down-arrow to top right)->Report Phishing 

Report Phishing to Google

If you have received this email, take further action by

  1. https://www.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/

Report phishing at Microsoft and government agencies

  1. http://www.microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/phishing-faq.aspx

Report phishing for Web hosting companies (e.g., GoDaddy, Cloudflare, Digital Ocean) and ISPs

Anti‑Phishing Working Group (APWG) — forward to reportphishing@apwg.org

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Friday, August 21, 2026

Stop IRS Debt Phishing Email with subject Big Tax Debt? Discover Programs That Could Cut What You Owe


For the record, this is a Stop IRS Debt 
phishing email attempt that is recently going around, with subject "Big Tax Debt? Discover Programs That Could Cut What You Owe"

What to do?  
Report them, go to bottom of page. 


From: StopIRSDebt Ad Partner<alert@televisionative.com>

Subject: Big Tax Debt? Discover Programs That Could Cut What You Owe











Phishing Link

1. https://televisionative.com/c/xxxx

How to tell this is a Phishing email?

  1. Check email address in full, if it's not from originating company then it's phishing.
  2. Hover over all links in email, if it's not from the company's website then forget it.
  3. The best way is to look at message source, see below.

How to examine Email Message Source?

Now let's look at message source
  1. Outlook.com->Actions->View Message Source. 
  2. Gmail.com->More (down arrow to top right)->Show original.
Check for suspicious links, anything that does not originate from source domain, like apple.com.

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Report Phishing Email (not as Spam)

  1. Outlook.com->Junk (at Top)->Phishing Scam
  2. Gmail.com->More (down-arrow to top right)->Report Phishing 

Report Phishing to Google

If you have received this email, take further action by

  1. https://www.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/

Report phishing at Microsoft and government agencies

  1. http://www.microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/phishing-faq.aspx

Report phishing for Web hosting companies (e.g., GoDaddy, Cloudflare, Digital Ocean) and ISPs

Anti‑Phishing Working Group (APWG) — forward to reportphishing@apwg.org

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